Prior to our first contest at SAW Conference 2000, we experimented with a contest format at the Pontiac, IL Scrollsaw Picnic. These are just a few pictures from that event.

The contests were well received, in spite of the fact that there was no advance advertising of it. Entrants found out about the contest as they arrived at the picnic and had to decide whether or not to enter one of their items from their "Brag" table. Many of them did decide to enter.

Some of the entries in the 1999 Contest

Ben Schack, age 13, from PA was the youngest winner in the 1999 Contest.